O ensino do léxico: do problema do dicionário à vivência da linguagem.

Abstract

This paper focuses on the teaching of lexical semantics in the mother tongue in Basic Education. In the first part, issues on lexical sense are presented. The points argued deal with possible relations of meaning that depend on the articulation of several areas, including grammar, context and Psychology. In the second part, attention is called to the need for appropriate dictionaries to be used in schools with special attention to the grade and to the specific purposes of learning. Finally, in the last part, the previous sections are revisited by exposing the reasons that explain the fails and possible successes in the use of the dictionary in the classroom.